‘Bear Your Cross’ (2024) acrylic on canvas panel - 841 x 594 mm

“Life is suffering. Love is the desire to see unnecessary suffering ameliorated. Truth is the handmaiden of love. Dialogue is the pathway to truth. Humility is recognition of personal insufficiency and the willingness to learn. To learn is to die voluntarily and be born again, in great ways and small. So speech must be untrammelled, so that dialogue can take place. So that we can all humbly learn. So that truth can serve love. So that suffering can be ameliorated. Pick up your goddamn cross and walk up the hill, you’ve got a heavy load so accept it voluntarily and try to transform as a consequence. Fucking grow up and take responsibility.”